Almost periodic and almost automorphic dynamics for scalar convex differential equations

We study the set of bounded trajectories for the flow defined by a class of scalar convex differential equations depending on a parameter. It is found that there exists precisely one value of the parameter for which almost automorphic but not almost periodic dynamics may appear. Even for this parameter value, the occurrence of almost periodic dynamics is shown to be residual in some cases. The dependence of this parameter on the functions defining the differential equations is also studied. The authors were partly supported by Junta de Castilla y León under project VA024/03, and C.I.C.Y.T. under project BFM2002-03815.     

一类SEIV模型的研究(英文)

本文主要研究一类带有饱和感染率且潜伏期也具有传染性的SEIV模型.运用微分方程中的极限理论和Busenberg-Driessche定理,建立了该模型的全局动力学性质;并且证明了当基本再生数R0≤1时,无病平衡点Q0是全局稳定的,当基本再生数R01时,疾病持续.     

Periodic and almost periodic solution for a non-autonomous epidemic predator-prey system with time-delay

In this paper, we studied a non-autonomous predator-prey system with discrete time-delay, where there is epidemic disease in the predator. By using some techniques of the differential inequalities and delay differential inequalities, we proved that the system is permanent under some appropriate conditions. When all the coefficients of the system is periodic, we obtained the existence and global attractivity of the positive periodic solution by Mawhin’s continuation theorem and constructing a suitable Lyapunov functional. Furthermore, when the coefficients of the system are not absolutely periodic but almost periodic, sufficient conditions are also derived for the existence and asymptotic stability of the almost periodic solution.     

Connection between the Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov and nonlinear Langevin equations

We recall the general proof of the statement that the behavior of every holonomic nonrelativistic system can be described in terms of the Langevin equation in Euclidean (imaginary) time such that for certain initial conditions, the different stochastic correlators (after averaging over the stochastic force) coincide with the quantum mechanical correlators. The Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov (FPK) equation that follows from this Langevin equation is equivalent to the Schrödinger equation in Euclidean time if the Hamiltonian is Hermitian, the dynamics are described by potential forces, the vacuum state is normalizable, and there is an energy gap between the vacuum state and the first excited state. These conditions are necessary for proving the limit and ergodic theorems. For three solvable models with nonlinear Langevin equations, we prove that the corresponding Schrödinger equations satisfy all the above conditions and lead to local linear FPK equations with the derivative order not exceeding two. We also briefly discuss several subtle mathematical questions of stochastic calculus.     

On entropy of dynamical systems with almost specification

We construct a family of shift spaces with almost specification and multiple measures of maximal entropy. This answers a question from Climenhaga and Thompson [Israel J. Math. 192 (2012), 785–817]. Elaborating on our examples we prove that sufficient conditions for every shift factor of a shift space to be intrinsically ergodic given by Climenhaga and Thompson are in some sense best possible; moreover, the weak specification property neither implies intrinsic ergodicity, nor follows from almost specification. We also construct a dynamical system with the weak specification property, which does not have the almost specification property. We prove that the minimal points are dense in the support of any invariant measure of a system with the almost specification property. Furthermore, if a system with almost specification has an invariant measure with non-trivial support, then it also has uniform positive entropy over the support of any invariant measure and cannot be minimal.     

Erhaltungssätze und schwache lösungen in der gasdynamik

The fundamental laws of Gasdynamics can be formulated very naturally as conservation laws in the form of integral relations. This formulation includes not only continuously differentiable processes but also the very important discontinuous shocks. On the other side one has the tool of weak solutions of the differential equations of Gasdynamics due to P. D. Lax and several other authors. While the conservation laws of integral type are determined by Physics in an unique way the differential equations of Gasdynamics, even if written in divergence form, are not. Hence the question arises which form of the differential equations in the weak sense is the “correct” interpretation of the physical conservation laws. This paper tries to give an answer by investigating the connections between the two formulations. At first the integral equations of Gasdynamics are written in space-time divergence form. Thus, independently from Gasdynamics, one has Haar's lemma stating that for each weak solution of a partial differential equation (in divergence form) a corresponding integral equation of conservation law type is valid for almost every family member, the family consisting of some simple domains like spheres or squares. Moreover the converse of Haar's lemma is also true. In this paper Haar's lemma is extended to a more general class of domains. This yields that both formulations of conservation laws are essentially equivalent. Additionally a divergence definition due to C. Müller is considered. As is shown by a simple example C. Müller's divergence concept leads to a more general class of solutions, not all of them being solutions of the corresponding conservation laws.     

Almost arcwise connected continua without dense arc components

A continuum M is almost arcwise connected if each pair of nonempty open subsets of M can be joined by an arc in M. An almost arcwise connected plane continuum without a dense arc component can be defined by identifying pairs of endpoints of three copies of the Knaster indecomposable continuum that has two endpoints. In [7] K.R. Kellum gave this example and asked if every almost arcwise connected continuum without a dense arc component has uncountably many arc components. We answer Kellum's question by defining an almost arcwise connected plane continuum with only three arc components none of which are dense. A continuum M is almost Peano if for each finite collection $\text{C}$ of nonempty open subsets of M there is a Peano continuum in M that intersects each element of $\text{C}$. We define a hereditarily unicoherent almost Peano plane continuum that does not have a dense arc component. We prove that every almost arcwise connected planar λ-dendroid has exactly one dense arc component. It follows that every hereditarily unicoherent almost arcwise connected plane continuum without a dense arc component has uncountably many arc components. Using an example of J. Krasinkiewicz and P Minc [8], we define an almost Peano λ-dendroid that do not have a dense arc component. Using a theorem of J.B. Fugate and L. Mohler [3], we prove that every almost arcwise connected λ-dendroid without a dense arc component has uncountably many arc components. In Euclidean 3-space we define an almost Peano continuum with only countably many arc components no one of which is dense. It is not known if the plane contains a continuum with these properties.     

Set intersection representations for almost all graphs

Two variations of set intersection representation are investigated and upper and lower bounds on the minimum number of labels with which a graph may be represented are found that hold for almost all graphs. Specifically, if θ_k(G) is defined to be the minimum number of labels with which G may be represented using the rule that two vertices are adjacent if and only if they share at least k labels, there exist positive constants c_k and c′_k such that almost every graph G on n vertices satisfies Changing the representation only slightly by defining θ;_odd (G) to be the minimum number of labels with which G can be represented using the rule that two vertices are adjacent if and only if they share an odd number of labels results in quite different behavior. Namely, almost every graph G satisfies Furthermore, the upper bound on θ_odd(G) holds for every graph. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Dynamics of a Mutualistic Model with Diffusion

This article is concerned with a system of semilinear parabolic equations with no-flux boundary condition in a mutualistic ecological model. Stability result of the equilibrium about relevant ODE problem is proved by discussing its Jacobian matrix, we give two priori estimates and prove that the model is permanent when ε_1+ ε_2 ≠ 0. Moreover sufficient conditions for the global asymptotical stability of the unique positive equilibrium of the model are obtained. Nonexistence of nonconstant positive steady states of the model is also given. When ε_1+ε_2= 0, grow up property is derived if the geometric mean of the interaction coefficients is greater than 1(α_1α_2 1),while if the geometric mean of the interaction coefficients is less than 1(α_1α_2 1), there exists a global solution. Finally, numerical simulations are given.     

Non-autonomous periodic systems with Allee effects

A new class of maps called unimodal Allee maps are introduced. Such maps arise in the study of population dynamics in which the population goes extinct if its size falls below a threshold value. A unimodal Allee map is thus a unimodal map with three fixed points, a zero fixed point, a small positive fixed point, called threshold point, and a bigger positive fixed point, called the carrying capacity. In this paper, the properties and stability of the three fixed points are studied in the setting of non-autonomous periodic dynamical systems or difference equations. Finally, we investigate the bifurcation of periodic systems/difference equations when the system consists of two unimodal Allee maps.     

PERIODIC CHARACTER OF A DIFFERENCE EQUATION WITH MAXIMUM

We study the periodicity of the positive solutions of a class of difference equations with maximum. We prove that every positive solutions of these equations are eventually periodic.     

The first return time properties of an irrational rotation

If an ergodic system has positive entropy, then the Shannon-McMillan-Breiman theorem provides a relationship between the entropy and the size of an atom of the iterated partition. The system also has Ornstein-Weiss' first return time property, which offers a method of computing the entropy via an orbit. We consider irrational rotations which are the simplest model of zero entropy. We prove that almost every irrational rotation has the analogous properties if properly normalized. However there are some irrational rotations that exhibit different behavior.

     

On a weak form of equational compactness

In this paper, we discuss a property of large systems of equations over universal algebras which does not appear to be generally known, but which coincides with equational compactness for abelian groups. It is shown, for example, that if is a cardinal number with uncountable cofinality, then every finitely solvable system of equations over any countable algebra has a solvable subsystem consisting also of equations. As an application, this property is used to generalize some results of Jensen and Lenzing on the non-compactness of ultrapowers of modules. Received November 11, 1997; accepted in final form March 2, 1998.     

Almost Periodic Solutions of Nonautonomous Linear Difference Equations

Explicit almost periodic solutions are obtained for a class of almost periodic linear difference equations. The stability characteristics of the almost periodic solution are investigated. The results are applied to a nonautonomous hyperbolic difference equation modelling the dynamics of a single species population in temporally varying environments.     

Almost claw-free graphs

We say that G is almost claw-free if the vertices that are centers of induced claws (K_1,3) in G are independent and their neighborhoods are 2-dominated. Clearly, every claw-free graph is almost claw-free. It is shown that (i) every even connected almost claw-free graph has a perfect matching and (ii) every nontrivial locally connected K_1,4-free almost claw-free graph is fully cycle extendable.     

Positive almost automorphic solutions for a class of non-linear delay integral equations

This article is concerned with a class of non-linear delay integral equations, which unify some extensively studied delay integral equations. We establish a new existence and uniqueness theorem about positive almost automorphic solutions of the delay integral equations. Our theorem can deal with some cases to which many known results are not applicable. Two examples are given to illustrate our results.     

Coalescing systems of non-Brownian particles

A well-known result of Arratia shows that one can make rigorous the notion of starting an independent Brownian motion at every point of an arbitrary closed subset of the real line and then building a set-valued process by requiring particles to coalesce when they collide. Arratia noted that the value of this process will be almost surely a locally finite set at all positive times, and a finite set almost surely if the initial value is compact: the key to both of these facts is the observation that, because of the topology of the real line and the continuity of Brownian sample paths, at the time when two particles collide one or the other of them must have already collided with each particle that was initially between them. We investigate whether such instantaneous coalescence still occurs for coalescing systems of particles where either the state space of the individual particles is not locally homeomorphic to an interval or the sample paths of the individual particles are discontinuous. We give a quite general criterion for a coalescing system of particles on a compact state space to coalesce to a finite set at all positive times almost surely and show that there is almost sure instantaneous coalescence to a locally finite set for systems of Brownian motions on the Sierpinski gasket and stable processes on the real line with stable index greater than one.     

Quantum chaos and fractals with atoms in cavities

We study the coupled translational, electronic, and field dynamics of the combined system “a two-level atom + a single-mode quantized field + a standing-wave ideal cavity”. In the semiclassical approximation with a point-like atom, interacting with the classical field, the dynamics is described by the Heisenberg equations for the atomic and field expectation values which are known to produce semiclassical chaos under appropriate conditions. We derive Hamilton–Schrödinger equations for probability amplitudes and averaged position and momentum of a point-like atom interacting with the quantized field in a standing-wave cavity. They constitute, in general, an infinite-dimensional set of equations with an infinite number of integrals of motion which may be reduced to a dynamical system with four degrees of freedom if the quantized field is supposed to be initially prepared in a Fock state. This system is found to produce semiquantum chaos with positive values of the maximal Lyapunov exponent. At exact resonance, the semiquantum dynamics is regular. At large values of detuning |δ|1, the Rabi atomic oscillations are usually shallow, and the dynamics is found to be almost regular. The Doppler–Rabi resonance, deep Rabi oscillations that may occur at any large value of |δ| to be equal to |αp₀|, is found numerically and described analytically (with α to be the normalized recoil frequency and p₀ the initial atomic momentum). Two gedanken experiments are proposed to detect manifestations of semiquantum chaos in real experiments. It is shown that in the chaotic regime values of the population inversion z_out, measured with atoms after transversing a cavity, are so sensitive to small changes in the initial inversion z_in that the probability of detecting any value of z_out in the admissible interval [−1,1] becomes almost unity in a short time. Chaotic wandering of a two-level atom in a quantized Fock field is shown to be fractal. Fractal-like structures, typical with chaotic scattering, are numerically found in the dependence of the time of exit of atoms from the cavity on their initial momenta.     

EXISTENCE AND NONEXISTENCE OF GLOBAL POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR DEGENERATE PARABOLIC EQUATIONS IN EXTERIOR DOMAINS

This article deals with the degenerate parabolic equations in exterior domains and with inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. We obtain that pc = (σ+m)n/(n-σ-2) is its critical exponent provided max{-1, [(1-m)n-2]/(n+1)} σ n-2. This critical exponent is not the same as that for the corresponding equations with the boundary value 0, but is more closely tied to the critical exponent of the elliptic type degenerate equations. Furthermore, we demonstrate that if max{1, σ + m} p ≤ pc, then every positive solution of the equations blows up in finite time; whereas for ppc, the equations admit global positive solutions for some boundary values and initial data. Meantime, we also demonstrate that its positive solutions blow up in finite time provided n ≤σ+2.     

Dynamics of a class of nonautonomous semi-ratio-dependent predator-prey systems with functional responses

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of a class of the so-called semi-ratio-dependent predator-prey interaction models with functional responses based on systems of nonautonomous differential equations with time-dependent parameters. The functional responses are classified into five types and typical examples of each type are provided. Then we establish sufficient criteria for the boundedness of solutions, the permanence of system, and the existence, uniqueness and globally asymptotic stability of positive periodic solution and positive almost periodic solution. Some conclusive discussion is presented at the end of this paper.